Mengfei Yang
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About
Mengfei Yang is a leading aerospace engineer whose work bridges real-time computing systems and deep-space exploration. Her research focuses on two critical domains: optimizing multi-core processor task allocation for safety-critical systems, and pioneering robotic sample-return missions to the Moon. In her 2023 paper on heuristic mixed real-time task allocation, she addressed the challenge of dynamically adding diverse real-time tasks to multi-core processors—essential for spacecraft where system utilization and timing guarantees must be maintained under changing workloads. This work, with 3 citations, has informed the design of resilient onboard computing architectures. Yang’s most transformative contribution, however, is her central role in the Chang’e-6 mission, detailed in her 2025 paper (2 citations). As the first mission ever to collect and return samples from the far side of the Moon, Chang’e-6 required unprecedented technical innovations in autonomous landing, sample acquisition, and ascent from the lunar surface. Yang’s leadership in the mission’s technical design and implementation has not only advanced China’s lunar exploration program but also set new benchmarks for robotic sample-return capabilities, inspiring a new generation of space systems engineers.
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